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| My son just turned 1 but he has been using a sippy cup for juice for a few months, but refuses to use a cup for milk. He is now on whole milk and thought that would change but no, if I try to put it in a cup he refuses to drink, and then put it in a bottle and he drinks it. Any one have any advice on how to get him to drink anything from a cup. I have also tried different kinds of cups. Thanks Rita |
| Posted by Rita on 04/06/2007 09:55 AM
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my daughter would only drink from one kind of cup. And to this day only drinks milk from that cup. She will drink other stuff from other cups, but not milk. Dont really know why.
Put only water in the bottle. Put milk in the cup. After a few days he will get the picture that if he wants milk he has to drink out of the cup. If you keep given in and put milk if the bottle after trying to get him to drink it out of the cup, you are more or less telling him that if he puts up a fuss that he will get his way. Just make sure in those few days/week. That he is getting calicum from other sorces (since he may not drink enough milk during that time) from like cheese, yogart, a mult-vitium. It does work, you just have to be willing to put up the fight, more or less. |
| posted by Stephanie on 04/08/2007 11:18 AM
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| She uses that Gerber ones that look like fat funny shaped over sized 4 ounce bottles. No handles (she didnt like cups with handles). The ones she has are pink and green. |
| posted by Stephanie on 04/08/2007 11:21 AM
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Hi Rita
I had the same problem with my son. He refusedmilk in a cup so I kept the bottle til about 18 months and in that time between 12 mon and 18 mon I gradly took away a bottle so he went from 3 to none by 18 months and since he refused milk in a cup not a big deal because u just need to subliment so what I did was throughout the day lots of calcium ....morning a hugh bowl of gerber oatmeal with plenty of milk , yougurt in mid day as a snack and cheese throughout the day and that is fine my son is now 2 and is surely not calcium deprieved so I would not sweat it just gradually eliminate the bottles and add calcium in other ways some kids just wont do milk in a cup and it can be pointless drying and buying every cup they make cause i did thattoo . GOOD LUCK :O) |
| posted by laura on 04/09/2007 08:22 AM
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Thank you ladies for all the words of wisdom. He likes one cup more than another, the nuby sport cup thats the one he drinks his juice mostly from, I have tried this one also, but I guess I will have to keep trying and not give in if he gets thursty as my mom says he will take it from anything I give to him in.
Any one with any other advice is greatly appreciated.
Rita |
| posted by Rita on 04/09/2007 09:51 AM
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| when my son turned one, I introduced milk in a cup only at meal times. That way he was really thirsty from eating he would drink the milk. When he wasnt eating I would just give him water or dilluted juice to drink in a cup no bottle. He soon got the idea. |
| posted by melissa on 04/11/2007 02:44 PM
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I know I am going to sound mean and cruel....and I am going out on a limb here but just take the bottle away from your son. I know he will cry but when he gets thirsty enough and realizes that you are not going to give in to his crys.....he will drink his milk from anything you give him. Don't feel guilty about it because in about a week, he won't even remember he ever had a bottle in his mouth in the first place. It worked with both my girlfriends and nieces children.
I know that the crying gets to you but you just have to be strong and remember that you are only doing it for their own good and also keep in mind that crying will NOT hurt them.
I hope all is well. Wishing the best to you and your family.
Take care,
Jeanne |
| posted by Jeanne on 04/20/2007 12:40 PM
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| Hi! Rita. I'm going through the exact same thing with my 14-month-old daughter who refuses to drink milk in a sippy cup. I think when he/she are ready to make the transaction they will with out us pressuring them to do so. |
| posted by Melissa on 04/20/2007 04:25 PM
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I dont want to force the issue and cause I fight especially now, we have discovered he is lactose intolerant. I know he will give up the bottle when he is ready, I will just keep trying and I know he will eventually give up the bottle. I do appreciate all the advice and suggestions.
Rita |
| posted by Rita on 04/21/2007 09:30 AM
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| Just be careful though, some kids wont give it up on there own. One of my dads friends thought that and there kid still had a bottle at age 4 and then they had to take it away. He had to have his front 2 teeth pulled because of milk rot from drinking from the bottle so long. |
| posted by Stephanie on 04/21/2007 12:05 PM
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